The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Hicks [Captain] ( - fl. 1674)

A Captain Hicks reportedly had a collection of “fossils and exotic creatures” and "made a living by furnishing ladies’ closets with different kinds of shells” (Hunter, 66). Collector
Source of object(s)
 Relevant locations: Lived at or near London, England
 Relationships: William Lodge (1649-1689) was a visitor to the collection of Hicks [Captain]
Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - Science and Society in Restoration England.
as Mentions or references - Some Literary Evidence of the Development of English Virtuoso Interests in the Seventeenth Century with Particular Reference to the Literature of Travel.
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